HoosierAccipiter

He should bring maintenance with him, so he can immediately have the locks changed when he’s gets those keys.

Ohhhh, who are said starter and solid bench piece you speak of?

That’s F-ing GOLD!

This

Whether one believes it or not, all parties have pretty much said negotiations were happening long before tourney selections were made.

Yes, I think both will be successful, but DeVries’ system will be much more entertaining to watch (first 12 seconds priority) while McCollum had many worried about his pace of play and recruiting.

Sorry, long musings… Ok, CDD has grown on me. He isn’t a big fish or white whale we were all hoping for, but those are few and far between and normally set in there current positions. Even Kentucky and Louisville had to dip below the “big name” hire and they did just fine. And, we arguably could have had a higher tier choice had we acted last year. But, this guy just seems to check all the boxes. He’s not only won at every stop, he’s greatly improved the programs from when he started. He is obviously ready to tackle the challenges of the “fishbowl”, when Archie looked like a scared little (and I mean little - insert lowering the mic meme) boy. He runs a disciplined offense and defense and seems to be adaptable to in-game situations and roster construction, which will certainly appeal to the fan base. His players play hard, which will also appeal to the fan base. Because of all of that, he has a plan. he has a system in place, executes it, and it has worked everywhere he’s been. I’ve been watching some WV games the past couple days and we would have been ecstatic if IU played like them over the past few years. If he can bring that to IU, he will do well. Well enough to get “over the hump” of the sweet 16, we’ll see in time. But I can see that it would translate to consistent 20 win seasons, upper third of the B1G, and not being last 4 in at best. IF he can gain appeal to the Indiana high school coaches, and show even the slightest more interest in recruiting that Woody did, which won’t be difficult, he’ll start winning over the fan base. Not being so confrontational with the fans, not allowing his players to tell the fans to “chill”, and not making the same tired excuses for losses will certainly help. Then, when wins start coming, and players are showing some heart and fight, and are proud to play for Indiana and not the bag, the fan base will be won Everyone is going to have different opinions and even disappointment right now. That’s just my rant after a couple day to digest. Is there a chance he flops, certainly. Is there a chance that he can at least get us competitive and fun to watch again? I’m going to go with the latter.

They may be the loudest right now, but don’t let a handful of Turdgerons spoil it for the rest of us!

Why does Behindthebench suddenly make me think of this guy..

So many questions… How is Tucker’s shoulder healing up? Will it be ready for a rigorous B1G season? How many other WVU players might come? How many current players might stay? Reneau might really flourish as a devoted big man in a 1-in 4-out. Goode might get more shots up when he isn’t the prime focus outside 22’. Will his current recruits follow? One is from VA so that might be a tough sell. Who will be retained from his current staff and who will be added? What of the GM position? How much NIL is he gonna have to play with?

THAT I could totally see and, hopefully, that has happened. This would be another good reason to announce this sooner rather than later. We may want a reboot, but there’s are a few underclassmen who might benefit from a new coach.

Yah, but there’s no possible way the whole team could keep that secret for more than 5min. Somebody would be texting, instagramming, and snapping while they were being told.

We’re back to DEFCON 3 (smiley faces)

Oh FFS! lol

We’re going over in the next 15 minutes…

Billy Gillispie!

Or didn’t make the tourney ;)

So, Dolson is going to have his own statue on Kirkwood?

We just need Chris and Jerry to chime in and our journey to the dark side will be complete.

AP, RTZ, & Trish all within a couple minutes.

That’s a lot of BTB “insiders” posting all at once!!!! :) :) :) let’s do this!

Hmmmmmmm….

Since I’m too dumb to figure it out, how about somebody setting up a new poll: We had a poll over who we would be happy with as the next coach - how about a new poll for who we think the new coach will ACTUALLY be. Let’s see who wins and who gets the closest.

I would not be unhappy with that at all.

Why hasn’t Shaka been mentioned here much? Let’s start that one today.